ThrillerHorror
Silent Night, Deadly Night
“He knows when you've been naughty.”
After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.
Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr.
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User score
451 votes
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Status
Released
Released
November 9, 1984
Runtime
1h 19m
Language
English
Budget → Revenue
$1.1M → $2.5M
Top cast
Robert Brian Wilson
Billy at 18
Lilyan Chauvin
Mother Superior
Gilmer McCormick
Sister Margaret
Charles Dierkop
Killer Santa
Toni Nero
Pamela
Randy Stumpf
Andy
Linnea Quigley
Denise
Britt Leach
Mr. Sims
Leo Geter
Tommy
Amy Styvesant
Cindy
Jonathan Best
Billy at 5
Danny Wagner
Billy at 8
Tara Buckman
Mother (Ellie)
Geoff Hansen
Father (Jim)
Will Hare
Grandpa
Eric Hart
Mr. Levitt (Storekeeper)
A. Madeline Smith
Sister Ellen
H.E.D. Redford
Captain Richards
Max Robinson
Officer Barnes
Nancy Borgenicht
Mrs. Randall
